Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Biographies of Board-Certified Physicians
Iftikhar Hanif, MD
Medical Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Hanif is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric hematologist/oncologist who graduated from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Hanif’s postdoctoral training includes an internship in general surgery and internal medicine at Civil Hospital in Karachi; an internship in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Michigan; and a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Prior to joining Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in 1994, he worked at a private practice at North Hills Medical Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
Dr. Hanif is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Pediatric Hematology /Oncology, and the American Society of Hematology.
Brian Cauff, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Dr. Cauff is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric hematologist/oncologist who graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine. Following his residency in pediatrics at the University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, he completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Children's Medical Center of Dallas, where he was appointed chief fellow.
Professional memberships include the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.
Deborah Kramer, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Dr. Kramer is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric hematologist/oncologist. After graduating from the University of South Florida College of Medicine, she completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. She then completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia before returning to Florida to become Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami School of Medicine, a position that she held for three years before joining Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Kramer is the chair of the Childhood Cancer Subcommittee of the Florida chapter of the American Cancer Society. She is also a fellow with the American Academy of Pediatrics and an associate member of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, the Children’s Oncology Group and the American Society of Hematology.
Lynn Meister, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
A board-certified pediatrician and pediatric hematologist/oncologist, Dr. Meister is an alumna of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Her postgraduate training includes a pediatric internship and residency at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center; an American Cancer Society clinical oncology fellowship; and a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is the author of Coping with Cancer: A Guide for Teens and one of the co-authors of Getting to Know Your Hospital.
Dr. Meister is a former instructor in pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In addition to her present position at Memorial Cancer Institute, she is a pediatric team physician for Vitas Innovative Hospice Care of Broward County, Florida, and a member of the advisory council for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida. Her other professional memberships include the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology and the Children's Oncology Group.
Anne Schaefer, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Dr. Schaefer first entered the medical field as a physician’s assistant with a degree from the University of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. She later earned her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
After completing a pediatric residency at the University of Florida Health Science Center in Jacksonville, she went to St. Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri for a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology through Washington University School of Medicine. She has been on the staff of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital since 2002. She is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology.
